Secrets, Lies, and Everything Else Chapter 15: "Models and Mishaps Part 2"
WHAT JUST HAPPENED AAAAAAAAAAH
This chapter got deleted and I just rewrote it...
AND NOW-
THE DOCUMENT SWITCHED BACK TO THE OLD VERSION-
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How is that even possible?! Has this happened to anyone else before?!
Well uhhhh I guess I the time I spent rewriting the chapter for nothing since the old version (somehow?) came back...so uhhhh...idk what that's about but yeh enjoy what I wrote earlier.
Ngl something really weird is going on with this chapter so I'm just gonna save my work in a Word document just incase it decides to delete everything again.
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Alya ended the call, looking over to Marinette excitedly.
"You're actually going to do it?"
"I don't really know...I'm thinking..."
"...that you'll do it?!" Alya asked excitedly.
"Hmmm..."
"It's not like you're signing your life away in blood, Marinette." Luka, who had come along with them, joked.
Marinette, who was hunched over the front desk with a piece of paper and a pen answered, "If I'm going to be Adrien's friend, then I need to start somewhere. This way, I won't stutter around him or blush or do all of the crazy things I usually do!"
Alya rubbed her temple. How was it THIS HARD to get two people to date?!
"Sign here, here, and here." The person at the check-in instructed.
Marinette nodded.
;.;.;.;.;.;. ❤️ ADRIEN ❤️ .;.;.;.;.;.;
(20 minutes after the call...)
"I can do this. I can do this."
Adrien unlocked the door, stepping into the hallway. Plagg, who was riding on top of Adrien's shoulder, complained:
"Uggggh, you just should go check out what happened to Pigtails already. Get the shoot over with!"
The blonde hesitantly looked around, then stepped back inside the storage room.
"Seriously Adrien?!"
"I told you Plagg, I'm not ready!
"Adrien! You're needed in the main room!" Nathalie's voice had an echoey effect because of the hallway. The sound of heels making light clacking sounds on the floor were heard.
"Adrie- oh! There you are!" Nathalie exclaimed.
And that's what happens when you forget to lock the door for a second time.
Adrien slowly turned around. Plagg had flown into his shirt pocket, and was poking his head out just enough that he could see Nathalie, but not enough that she would notice him.
Nathalie tapped her pencil on the clipboard she was holding, "Audrey's coming in 10 minutes! And why haven't you put on your suit?!"
"I-"
Nathalie shoved a neatly folded suit into Adrien's arms, "Go and put this on."
"Yes Nathalie." Adrien agreed reluctantly.
;.;.;.;.;.;. ❤️ ALYA ❤️ .;.;.;.;.;.;
(Slight time skip)
Alya grinned, looking around the wide hallway. She spotted Adrien's figure, "Yo, Sunshine boy!" Adrien, who was looking the other way, turned around at the sound of her voice.
"So, do you-" It was only then Alya noticed that Adrien wasn't in his normal clothes.
"Woah, what are you wearing?" She asked.
Adrien scratched his sleeve uncomfortably, "An incredibly hideous-looking and itchy suit." Alya ignored the comment, instead changing the subject:
"You'll never guess what just happened!" She said excitedly.
"what happened?" Adrien mumbled, trying to smooth out the wrinkles he'd created in the fabric of the suit.
"Do you want to know?!"
"Yes..."
"Do you REAAAAAAAALLY WANT TO KNOW?!"
"Yes?!"
"MARINETTE ACTUALLY AGREED! SHE AGREED TO MODEL WITH YOU! SHE SIGNED ALL THE PAPERWORK! I NEVER THOUGHT SHE'D AGREE! I thought she was going to back out last minute! But she's ACTUALLY doing it!"
"Are you saying that Marinette wouldn't want to model with me?" Adrien asked, the confusion on his face evident.
"I'm just surprised, that's all. She's usually pretty shy." Or rather, around you, she is. Alya thought.
"Really? Because around other people, she doesn't seem too shy."
"I said this to you before, Adrien. It's very complicated."
"What's so complicated that you can't even tell me?!" Adrien retorted.
"It's- it's not important, really..." Adrien seemed didn't seem to convinced.
"Not important? If it's not important, then why don't you tell me?" Adrien pressed.
Alya needed to get out of this situation.
"Let's...uh-" Think Alya, think! "-go see what Marinette's doing!" She grabbed Adrien's wrist and led him down the hall.
"Where are we going?"
"Wherever Marinette is." Alya answered simply, breaking into a run.
"I'm going to trip!"
"No you won't!"
Adrien yelped as Alya suddenly halted to a stop.
"Marinette!"
;.;.;.;.;.;. ❤️ MARINETTE ❤️ .;.;.;.;.;.;
"Alya!" Marinette waved at the brown-haired girl.
"Girl, finally! Where were you?"
The bluenette told her, "More like where were you! I went back to the check-in to come get you, but you weren't even there!"
"Eh, I decided to explore a little. This place is actually pretty cool."
Marinette looked expectantly at Adrien to see what he had to say.
"..."
Alya elbowed her friend, who stood there stiffly.
"Say something!" Alya half-whispered half-shouted.
"Hi..."
"H-Hey."
Breathe, Adrien reminded himself. The words that he was going to say came flooding back into his mind:
"It was nice of you to come model with me, Mari-" Adrien cringed at the weird nickname. Too late to correct that now. Adrien continued, "You didn't have to come, and Alya told me about how...shy, you were, so I guess you're really stepping out of your comfort zone."
Marinette looked away, "Y-yeah."
(Pink bubbles appear in the background in Adrien's POV)
Even her stutter's cute.
"Mari, they're asking if you're ready."
(Pink bubbles immediately disappear)
"Luka, tell them I'll be there in a sec." Marinette called over her shoulder. Luka gave her a thumbs up and disappeared into a nearby room.
Oh, right, there was him.
"Luka's here too?"
"He decided to come with Alya and I after we got kicked out of the mansion. Your father found out and well..."
"Don't sweat it, we can just spend time here."
Alya nodded, "The whole point was to be together and have fun, but we can do that here too!"
The blonde looked hopefully at Marinette. Marinette however, seemed to be staring in the direction Luka had gone.
Adrien's smirk dropped into a frown.
;.;.;.;.;.;. ❤️ MARINETTE ❤️ .;.;.;.;.;.;
Silence.
Just silence.
It was silent.
A little too silent.
Marinette, Alya, and Adrien were all walking together to where the shoot was going to where the shoot was going to be, but the lack of noise made Marinette uneasy. No one spoke. The only sounds Marinette could hear were the soft tapping of feet on the ground as they descended down the halls.
It wasn't really awkward, but it didn't feel natural either.
Is Adrien mad that his father found out? Marinette wondered.
"This...this isn't about your dad, is it...?"
"What's about what?"
"Are you mad at me since your father found out?"
"No! I'm not even mad at you."
"Oh."
"Then...why are you so quiet?"
"It's about something else." Adrien mumbled.
"Luka says it's not healthy to hide your feelings."
"Again with Luka, huh?"
Marinette stopped to look at him, "What do you mean?"
Adrien quickened his pace, giving her no response. Marinette turned back to Alya, poking her with a finger.
"Psst! Alya! What happened to Adrien?"
"Nothing happened to him...?"
"He's just kind of...cold. It was like his behavior changed instantly. After Luka came-"
"Marinette, it's obvious: he's nervous. It's his first photoshoot with you."
"He has nothing to be nervous about." Marinette gave a small twirl, clasping her hands together. "He's perfect."
Alya smirked.
"-At modeling! Perfect at modeling!"
"Whatever you say, girl, whatever you say." Alya laughed.